Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-06-18

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 VIRGINIA, New. June IO.-TO-dsy c, O, Pendergsst. treasurer of tho commit
 tee to collect funds for the relief of the
 families of the victims of the NsnsImo
 mine disaster. tele9rsphed 10 the Mayor
 of that place 5000 contributed by min
 CTS on ths COmstOck lode. The miners
 ID the Savage and Hale < Norcross con
 tributed $50 last month, which swells
 the total sum contributed to the relief
 fund in this locality to S13.0O0.
 WILCOX, 4. T.. June I3-Yesterday
 morning at Fort Thomas, two Mexicsns,
 Lopez Martinez and Martino Feloio,
 had difficulty about a woman, The
 latter drew large pocket knife and ss-
 saulted Martinez. He in return drew
 his pistol and shot Feloio through the
 head, killing him. Martinez was iusti-
 fed for the killing.
 SAN DIEoo, June l3.-One thousand
 smuggled cigars were seized on the
 Ensensds steamer Carlos Pacheco, yes
 terdsy. This IS the first seizure of any
 size on this steamer.
 | ELMRA, N. T., June l3-Francis Pat terson, smendicsnt of itwenty-three years standing, received thirteen thousand dollars yesterday. the largest amount ever paid to private soldier. He was striuken blind in the servics, but had been chased as deserser until recently
 when he had his disabilities removed. FL PAso, June 13.-A racing stable composed of three stallions, three mares, and four colts from Ihe city of Mexico, passed throuh here yesterday to enter the coming races at Chicago. These are the first Mexican horses to enter Ameticsn races.
 NEW YORK. June 13.-Jske Sharp says the story about Billy Mahoney's coming, was made out of whole cloth.
 BERLIN, June 13.-The emperor con- tinues to make good progress forward to recovery, Prince Frederick Will liam left Berlin for London. to take part in the Queens jubilee celebration.
 BOSTON, June I3-Jas. F. Buffem, one of the band of sbolitionists. led by Garrison and Phillips, died at his home in Lynn last evening.
 WAsHINGroN, June l3.-The sensation of the hour is the exposure of the crIm- insl record of Tyrer. It IS learned that he took the night boat to Norfolk last | evening and 1t is not likely he will be | present at the meeting of the directors, which has been called for to morrow | morning. Major Buttervorth, presi- | dent of the company, has been tele- graphed for, and will doubtless be here | in the morning. IL IS reported that there are several other members of con | gress who have been caught by the oily | tongue of Tyrer, Senator SabIn, of Minnesota, who knew of his prison rec ! ord, had a greatl deal of confidence in his efforts to retrieve his past life. It IS said he has encouraged Tyrer with money as well as good advice.
 WASHINGTON, June 1l-Brigsdier- | General Wesley Merritt has been re- lieved from the command of West | Point Military Academy from July lst, | and assigned to the command of the De- partment of the Missouri, succeeding | Brigadier- General Wilcox. General J, P. Psrke. of the Corps of Engineers, has been assigned to the superintendency of the Military Academy. He Is now ID Europe. and after General MerrItt's re- lief, Lieutenant Colonel HAsbrouck, the | present commsndant of the cadets, will | discharge the duties of superintendent | until General Psrke's return. NoGALEs, Ariz., June 11-Prominent Mexican officials here to-day received a notification from Governor Torres. of | Sonora, advising them that he had is- sued proclamation offering a reward of four hundred dollars for the head of each of the hostile Apache Indians. The l Governor is dong all in his power to aid in cessation of these troublesome | Indian warfsres.
 PITrsBURG, June 1.-The resumption | of work by the coke owners controlled | by Carnegie, Ppps < O.. gives work to | three thousand men and will probably | result in the general resumption of work throughout the COnnellsville | region.
 VAssAR, Michigan, June 11.-Last l fall Mrs. Albert Brooks, of Junists, Tus- | cola county, went to Denver to take posse ssion of sS0O,000 in cash snd real estate, left her, she said, by an uncle. She reached Denver safely, received the money and made arrangements for the management of the property. Since that tune nothing has been heard of the woman, and several weeks ago | Brooks himself went west to unrsyel | the mystery. He has returned, and re- ports that no clue has been found to the missing woman, and that he had placed the matter in the hands of detectives. | A sister of Mrs. Brooks, who also re- 1, ceIyed sSOO. 900 from her uncle, has put | | SlO.OOO in the hands of Denver officer l | to be used in finding her sister. Since | | MT. Brooks return, he received letter | from his wife, mailed at Boston, but endorsed by the postofice authorities as having been forwarded from California | | for mailing. The letter ls a plea for help. It says that she Mrs. BrOoks) IS l | held captive by a gang Of men who | have Already secured twenty thousand dollars of her money and are deternin- | | ed to have it alL The Eomsn's osptors | tortured her in every imaginable way. | Last week the Denver detective upon | the case wired Brooks that he had dis covered the building in which Mrs. Brooks is imprisoned, but had not been able to communicate with her. WASHINGTON. June 1.-The Commis- | sioner General of the Land Office, ID res ponse to a call from the Pacific Rail- road Commissioners, has ceused to be prepared and forwarded a yoluminOus | record giving, in tabular form, accounts | of land granted to snd selected by and | patented to the several companies whose affairs are under investigation. The summary shows that the total amounts | granted to the Union Pacific was II ?, | 3O9,S44 acres, Uf which amount 3,149, 9S2 acres have been selected, and 2,6l6,- | IFS acres patented, leaving S,l62l62 acres to be selected. The Central Paci- fic had grant of S.0O0.0OO acres. IL has received patents for l. ,040, 2l0 acres and has got 2 .4l3. 7l2 acres yet to be select ed. The Kansas Pacific has 8 grant of | 6,000,0OO acres. IL has selected l, l,ISs.- 252 acres, of which amount 963, l7i acres
 have been patented. It has 421l.14S
 acres yet remaining to be selected. The
 selections made by the remaining com psnies have nearly all been patented, and cover about all the available lands
 ID their grants. The selections are as
 follows: Central branch of the Union
 Pacific, 222, ,560 acres; Western PscI1c,
 453. 794. Sioux City and Pacific, 433,55o. MILWAUKEE, Wis, June n,-AdIu-
 tAnt Gray, of the Grand Army of the
 Republic IS engaged in issuing to all
 posts of the country sn important doc
 ument of the nature of dependent pen
 sion bill, whose passage will be urged
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